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Frustrations Fall

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

76cm (W) x 92cm (H) x 3cm (D)

  • Original · Handmade
  • Signed by the artist
Garth Alamangos Verified artist
Sydney
19 works sold

A$190

Artwork Description

A humorous take on a botched suicide attempt. The clumsy body humorously falls off the upright chair and the frustration continues.
There is a lightness to this painting. A French cartoon.
I wanted the colours to be bold and uniform. To avoid any camouflage of the subject.

But Hope. Morning has come, and they have been saved. The tokens of the routine of life are there. The sun, the bird drinks from the coffee cup.

Artist Bio

Garth is a self taught artist from Western Sydney.

An award winning and published poet, he has painted on and off for two decades, but has now committed to his art practice full time.

Garth identifies as an outsider artist, and with a diagnosis of autism, refers to his work as naive expressionism.

Garth's work is a tool for reflection and unpacking. His bold primary and fluro works are offset by muted black and whites, a back and forth of balance.

Having won the Westmead Hospital art prize in 2011, you will find Garth's work hanging prominently in Westmead and Mount Druitt hospitals, as well as in private collections.

He has just been awarded the first prize art award of the Blue Fringe Art Festival, October 2022.